18th Annual Meeting of the PanAmerican Society of Pigment Cell Research

第十八届泛美色素细胞研究学会年会

• 批准号: 8597622
• 负责人: Vijayasaradhi Setaluri
• 金额: $ 2.4万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8597622
• 关键词: Address; Affect; African American; Albinism; American; Antigens; Area; Argentina; Award; Biochemistry; Biology; Blinded; Brazil; Canada; Cells; Cellular biology; Clinical; Clinical Trials; Collaborations; Congresses; Cutaneous; Cutaneous Melanoma; Dermatology; Development; Developmental Biology; Discipline; Disease; Doctor of Philosophy; Drug Industry; Educational Grants; Educational workshop; Explosion; Fees; Fostering; Future; Genomics; Goals; Grant; Health; Hispanic Americans; Human; Immune response; Immunology; Institutes; Interdisciplinary Study; International; Investigation; Knowledge; Medicine; Melanins; Melanoma Cell; Melanosomes; Mexico; Minority; Mission; Molecular Biology; Molecular Cloning; Monophenol Monooxygenase; National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases; Oral; Organelles; Pathogenesis; Patients; Peer Review; Pigmentation physiologic function; Pigments; Population; Prevention; Public Health; Publications; Research; Research Personnel; Role; Scientist; Skin Pigmentation; Societies; Stem cells; Training Programs; Translating; Translational Research; Translations; Travel; UV induced; Ultraviolet Rays; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center; Vitiligo; Wisconsin; Woman; abstracting; base; bench to bedside; carcinogenesis; career; design; experience; improved; interest; lectures; meetings; melanocyte; melanoma; member; multidisciplinary; novel; posters; professor; programs; public health relevance; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Pan-American Society for Pigment Cell Research (PASPCR) is preparing to hold its 18th Annual meeting in Madison, Wisconsin on September 8-11, 2013. The theme for the meeting, "Advances in Melanocyte and Melanoma Biology" was chosen by the organizing committee for the following reasons: 1) There is a need for a conference dedicated to bring together melanocyte biologists and clinicians studying melanocytic disorders. While investigation of mammalian melanocyte biology is driven by the need to better understand the pathogenesis of human pigmentary disorders, investigations on pigment cell disorders in turn have helped uncover general and novel aspects of cellular biology. 2) The theme reflects a unique strength of University of Wisconsin-Madison with a long tradition of multidisciplinary departments and training programs that foster research interactions in wide ranging areas biology and medicine, including pigment cell biology and melanoma. The specific aims of this application for the 2013 conference are to (1) provide opportunity throughout the meeting for basic and clinical scientists to present and interact on wide ranging topics of pathogenesis and treatment of pigmentary diseases, including roles of UV and melanin in pigment disorders, (2) highlight recent advances in the areas of cell biology, biochemistry, immunology, genomics and personalized medicine, and (3) bring together experts from diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise to provide high intensity intellectual experience, and opportunities for collaboration. The scientific program is designed to accommodate 125-150 attendees for a 21/2 day conference that includes 5 symposia, 10 oral sessions, 5 poster sessions, 2 workshops for young investigators with senior investigators and an honorary lecture by the recipient of 2013 Aaron B. Lerner Award. The oral sessions are designed to provide opportunity for young investigators to present their research based on submitted abstracts and selected by blinded peer- review in the following areas: Biology of melanin pigmentation and transformed melanocyte, UV-induced changes in skin pigmentation and cutaneous carcinogenesis, Developmental biology and melanocyte stem cells, Immune response to melanocyte antigens, and Studies focusing on translational research. The organizing committee has identified several basic scientists and clinical experts from across the US and Canada as invited speakers. The invited speakers have been asked to provide a brief historic perspective of the topic, present latest findings from their research and highlight current challenges and opportunities in the field with the goal of stimulating discussion and collaborations between basic researchers and clinicians. Although members of PASPCR participate in other traditional discipline-oriented conferences, no forum other than PASPCR brings together the diversity of fields and interests represented in the current program.

简介（由申请人提供）：泛美色素细胞研究学会（PASPCR）正准备于2013年9月8日至11日在威斯康星州麦迪逊举行第18届年会。会议的主题是“黑素细胞和黑色素瘤生物学的进展”，组委会选择了以下原因：1)需要一个专门的会议，将黑素细胞生物学家和研究黑素细胞疾病的临床医生聚集在一起。虽然对哺乳动物黑素细胞生物学的研究是由更好地理解人类色素紊乱的发病机制的需要所驱动的，但对色素细胞紊乱的研究反过来又有助于揭示细胞生物学的一般和新的方面。2)该主题反映了威斯康星大学麦迪逊分校的独特优势，该大学拥有多学科部门和培训项目的悠久传统，促进了广泛领域的生物学和医学研究互动，包括色素细胞生物学和黑色素瘤。2013年会议申请的具体目的是：(1)为基础和临床科学家提供机会，在会议期间就色素疾病的发病机制和治疗提供广泛的主题，包括紫外线和黑色素在色素疾病中的作用，(2)突出细胞生物学，生物化学，免疫学，基因组学和个性化医学领域的最新进展。(3)汇集来自不同背景和专业领域的专家，提供高强度的智力经验和合作机会。该科学项目旨在容纳125-150名与会者参加为期2天半的会议，其中包括5次专题讨论会，10次口头会议，5次海报会议，2次青年研究员与高级研究员的研讨会，以及2013年Aaron B. Lerner奖获得者的荣誉讲座。口头会议旨在为年轻研究者提供机会，介绍他们在以下领域的研究：黑色素沉着和转化黑素细胞的生物学，紫外线诱导的皮肤色素沉着和皮肤癌变的变化，发育生物学和黑素细胞干细胞，对黑素细胞抗原的免疫反应，以及专注于转化研究的研究。组委会已经确定了来自美国和加拿大的几位基础科学家和临床专家作为受邀演讲者。受邀的演讲者被要求提供该主题的简要历史观点，介绍他们研究的最新发现，并强调该领域当前的挑战和机遇，目的是促进基础研究人员和临床医生之间的讨论和合作。尽管PASPCR的成员参加了其他传统的以学科为导向的会议，但除了PASPCR之外，没有其他论坛能汇集当前项目中所代表的领域和利益的多样性。